A controversial University of Sydney lecturer who was sacked after superimposing a swastika on an Israeli flag has won a key victory in his battle to be reinstated, with the federal court declaring academics at the institution are entitled to convey even offensive views in their area of expertise. The decision reverses a previous court…
After a long night of deliberations, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced to the Knesset on Aug. 2, “Ladies and gentlemen, Israel has a budget!” The cabinet ministers, who voted unanimously for it, burst into a round of applause. The intense pressure facing the new government was gone: The coalition had survived its first major test.…
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has slammed a Labor motion backed by former NSW premier Bob Carr calling for a boycott of Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, saying it is counterproductive and is not supported by anyone in his party room. Mr Albanese also pledged an “ongoing opposition” to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)…
Anthony Albanese has shown he is no Jeremy Corbyn. For those who have been paying attention, he has never showed any signs of behaving like the former leader of the British Labour Party. Albanese has a long history of standing up against the more extreme elements of his party’s Left, including campaigning against the former…
There is something profoundly disturbing and morally challenging in the way many view the Israel-Palestine conflict. The chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, once buried because of its unadulterated implication that Israel should be eliminated, is currently in vogue, doing the rounds of social media. In a recent Facebook post…
Jillian Segal: Welcome to this absolutely special opportunity to hear from Anthony Albanese who is with us today on the screen. Anthony we are absolutely delighted that you have accepted the ECAJ invitation to meet with community leaders around the country. And although Peter and I actually met with you a couple of weeks ago,…
It was a little-seen social media post that sent a major wave of panic through federal Labor. The Melbourne University ALP Club posted a photo of a handful of its members alongside Labor MP Ged Kearney, at a May 22 rally in solidarity for the people of Palestine. It was accompanied by the phrase “From…
Chris Minns, 41, was elected leader of the Labor Party unopposed last Friday following the resignation of Jodi McKay. THE state’s new Opposition Leader is a “strong friend to the Jewish community”, has rejected the anti-Israel boycott movement in Parliament and has been “very supportive” of the synagogue in his electorate. Chris Minns, 41, was…
Macnamara MP Josh Burns said the motion was “disappointing and blatantly one-sided”, but insisted, “it in no way represents federal Labor’s balanced policy in support of Israel”. A MOTION passed by the Queensland branch of the ALP panning Israel’s “systematic injustices meted out to the Palestinian people” has drawn condemnation from leading Labor politicians and…
Mr Carr, an influential supporter of Palestine in the NSW Right, said there was nothing wrong with Labor being critical of Israel “for its settlement expansion, its evacuation of Palestinians, (and) its nation-state law which creates two categories of citizenship”. His comments come after Jewish groups and opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong condemned a…